The original plan had been to camp somewhere near Monterey. But I procrastinated and never made us reservations; then we decided that we were going to move this summer. So instead of camping, we had a sleepover at the Prentice house!
We started off the day with a hike; Annaliese, Josephine, and Holden rode in backpacks with the dads; Ashlie and I carried Elea and Haleigh in frontpacks. We hiked the Johnson Ranch trail in SLO and the oldest girls were even able to hike a bit themselves! It was pretty cute because Annaliese would yell out "hi Mommy" and Josephine would then do the same. Then you would hear them talking and then it was "My mommy is Ashlie." followed by "My mommy's name is Kari" or something similar! (Sorry...I guess we didn't take any pictures of the hike!)
Annaliese, Haleigh, Josephine, Elea, Holden
After hiking, we headed back to Russ and Jenn's house to regroup, clean up a bit, catch up on the World Cup and eat some lunch. We then packed everyone up and headed to the beach in Avila. Unfortunately, it was very windy and not much fun. Needless to say, we didn't stay there for too long.
Annaliese loved the water!
Holden
the Feffer Family
We returned to Russ and Jenn's where we stayed for the remainder of our time together. Jenn prepared a delicious dinner that we enjoyed outside on the patio. There was an adult table and a kids table...pretty cute! After putting the kiddos to bed, we started a fire, enjoyed tasty cocktails, some beer (El Fin de Monde) and smores (after all, we were supposed to be camping!) It was so nice to be able to stay up late, talking and reminiscing, while the kids slept! At least most of the kids:) Haleigh was up with us for quite awhile. And as soon as she went to bed, Elea woke up:)
Sunday morning it was quite evident that we had skipped naps the day before! Everyone was a bit tired, but overall the kids still played well together. We enjoyed a breakfast of bacon and eggs, followed by more playtime outside. We left just after 10:30 to prepare for the rest of the days events.
Haleigh...keeping an eye on the World Cup scores...and staying out of our way while breakfast was being prepared:)
Russ has this jeep that the kids loved! It runs on a battery, has a real radio, and the kids were able to drive it because it didn't go super fast on the grass! They did need a little guidance with the steering and the occasional reminder to watch where they were going...
While I was sad that we wouldn't actually be able to camp this year, this was a good substitute! It was much cleaner, doing dishes was easier, and the sleeping arrangements were quite comfortable!
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